The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1887-02-06
LITERARY NOTES.

The Irt Imdtcur for February has for It's
most striking feature an admirable Ioublc-pagc
crayon drawng-"rhc Man at the Whccl,"-by
u. Rcnouf Scarcely less noticeable is the nuc
charcoal head Of Alfred Tcnnyson, by jacques
Reich, from the drawing in the salmagund Ex- |
hibition. Among the numerous practical de- /
signs are several for chasiibcS and challcc vCils
panel of oak lcavca aud ncorns Tor wood carv-
Ing, aud decorations for Il fruit plate (npplcsj |
aud 4 square vase !rhloxl long and Interest
g nr c"su,or W" % i i g,Gm" /" m oa solh nI noS Morr
The specially practical topics treated in this
number are fruit and portrait painting in oils,
church Ncsfmcnts. There are also several useful
articles on interior decoration, including II suG,
The various exhibitions and other themes oi cur
rent art Interest yccixc pungcnt notice IN My
spondcncc. A prize of one hundred dollars Tor
hS GS, Gsss r ,ST ~ ISw S SGSs5 Tor ,mS M
Marks, % Union square, New York.
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont has written one of
the most entertaining volumes of "reminiscences
In American literature in souvenirs of my
Time" Her experiences have been unusually
extensive aud Varied both IN this country and in
Europe, and she writes with both yNacity nnd
elegance: As pictures of a phase of life which IN
our rapid national advance we have already left
bchind, Mrs. Frcmont's souvenirs are of much
historical interest; while as u chatty, attractive
yolumc, fun Of bright and entertaining person
| ality, the book cannot fail 10 please. I'd. lo-
throp \ Company, publishers B6stonJ
The January number or American Art shows
that this new publication IL fulfilling It's promise
and occupying an important field in the ltcra-
turc of art The Illustrations are good, and the
SRSsisrs " ta"SnF", @ a' ASoa, % oiS,has,s ; Fae
sRRS%a.t'Th RsSis%as The ." aaiy @ @ R,aol S'I. OF Hr he
department of "lIomc Decoration" aud the "Mis-
American
panyD
Lieut.. Scaton Scrocdcr's new literary ycn-
iurc, "'rhc Fall of MaNimilian's Empire as Seen
from unitct States Gunboat," has been issued
from, the press of q. =. putnnms Sons. AMI is he
ing f,,yornbly criticised by the reviewers Lieut..
Schroeder has enjoyed exceptional advantages
mcnis, departmental files, aud volumes of diplo-
matte corrsspon,lencc," p he tells IN ~ his brief
value To many readers
Mrs. Logan's first contribution to the Chduidu-
guam will appear in the February number. Her
subject is "oniciai Etiquette in Washington"
The chances are that Mrs. Logan, like Mrs. Gus
ter, will come ont through university into the
happiness which successful literary work Is npt
to bring Mrs. Logan Is clever versatile, da,nt-
less. and, above all, thoroughly conyers.,mt ol,
many subjects Interesting to the American public.
Lieut.. H. Il. Lcmly, Third Artillery, has II
paper entitled "A Queens Thoughts In the last
monthly number of the rnittd Scrric6, an II
short story, "a West Point Romance" in the
February outing.
Boycotted by iii. Wife.
lGalycston Ncws.l
A female composition of this city, member
Of the printers union, married II non-union
compositor and then tried 10 get him to join
the order. lie refused and the union voted II
boycott, in which the wife participated, having
left her husband and begun proceedings for n
divorce.